Building My 50,000 Gallon Monster Mega Tank

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Power;2993460; said:
Hi arapaimag, thanks for the reply. i currently own one juvenile dovii (approximately 6inches) with two very nervous bristlenose in a 100 gallon tank. i did own an oscar and a jag which used to fight constantly as they grew up but the jag started to get the better of him so i gave the oscar to a friend. then another friend wanted to swap the jag for a dovii which i accepted readily even though my jag was a much more striking fish. the dovii is a bit shy until you put feeders or anything else in there. i put a 6cm gibbicep and a friends red texan(aprox 9 inches) to try and divert him away from the gibby but we had to take the texan out within half an hour as he would not stop harrassing it and the next morning the gibby was gone!

I really love my dovi, jags and umbies too but find they are so nasty in smaller tanks that I never can keep other fish with them unless it's crowded like an african tank. Otherwise I get results just like you do. Death & Destruction.

When introduced to my big tanks and they settle down after a couple of weeks they have the disposition of discus. Friends are shocked to see what were killers change so much.

The big dovi in the 15k does act the tough guy but only when he is playing the godfather to the red devils.

Keep me posted on your great dovi's and please post a picture of them some time.
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greatfulxdead;2993220; said:
Is this tank still up and running?
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Still is and actually did a partial water change today. The Pimas and cats got their mackerel tonight so everyone is very happy.
 
I see that you used 1" thick glass in your project. How did you decide that, and do you have some engineering numbers? We have obtained a quantity of 1/2" temperered glass panels, and I don't know if these are appropriate for the display tanks I would like to build at our fish farm for public displays.
---Dr. Dave
 
drdaveffo;2999599; said:
I see that you used 1" thick glass in your project. How did you decide that, and do you have some engineering numbers? We have obtained a quantity of 1/2" temperered glass panels, and I don't know if these are appropriate for the display tanks I would like to build at our fish farm for public displays.
---Dr. Dave
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I got advise from a person who at the taught a class on glass at the University of Toronto. He did the studies and suggested the height and width of the panels using 1" glass. I have seen large public reptile tanks in Niagara Falls Canada, built in 1993 but closed down around 1997/8. It was close to the Imax theatre and located n the Elvis Presley building also now closed, made with 1/2" laminated glass and I assume the tempered glass would be stronger but possibly more prone to breaking if hit by an object.

I noticed that either All Glass and/or Perfecto made larger aquariums (120 to 280 g) using tempered glass on the bottom of their tanks but not on the sides. Never having used tempered glass on anything but tank tops so I can not really advise you since you have more serious liability concerns. Perhaps you could contact the tank manufacturers and inquire why they appear not to prefer using tempered glass on the viewing areas. Also they might be able to advise you how high you can go with the 1/2" glass based on the width of your panels.

I really wish you success in your construction.
 
greatfulxdead;2999610; said:
What page are some updates on? I would like to see some current pics
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Sorry, I only did a few picture updates spread through the thread. I was very busy the last year and a half on other projects. My health has further restricted updates. There is more than an hour of video of the 15k & 52k
in another article have you seen those?

I will have friends visiting at the end of May/beginning of June who will be able to take pictures for me. At present I am unable to physically.

Another idea might be to try and post most of the pictures already posted in a group like I did last week in the 15k. Do you think that might be a good idea?
 
Welcome to MFK and I hope you enjoy the site that the Neoprodigy built.

No change in the tank or my health today.

Will do a partial water change tomorrow.

We all dream of the fish in your native country. What fish do you have in your tanks?
 
Thanks for the welcome ...

That cool that both the tank as his health is good.

On fish Brazilians, already created Oscar (Astronotus ocellatus), Pirarara (Phractocephalus hemioliopterus), Tucunaré (Cichla sp) and Aruana (Osteoglossum bicirrhosum). But now to get some of these species is difficult because the IBAMA (Brazilian Institute of Environment) is due to monitoring problems of extinction. Including Pirarucu (Arapaima gigas) that you have some there is also prohibited.

But is good can we go to the rivers and fish for these species, but dropping right after taking some photos.

HUAHUAHUA

Go take some pictures of the exchange waters...
 
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